Police Court (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, S.m.)
STOLE PETROL,—Pleading "Guilty" to a charge of having stolen three gallons of petrol valued at 8/, the property of W. E. Bramble and Sons,…
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Courts & crime, 1942
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Woman, Two Men on Murder Charge
SYDNEY, Monday.—When Ernest Hoffmann, 50 chef at the Royal Sydney Golf Club, was found lying in an allotment off Langley street,…
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SYDNEY: "Mr. X." a foreigner, a Crown witness in a murder trial in the Central Criminal Court to-day, said that he had watched a…
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Manpower officers virtually possessed "dictatorship" powers, and he intended to try to have those powers curtailed immediately Federal…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Miners' representatives will ask the Full Arbitration Court in Melbourne to-morrow to stand over the appeal by Northern Collieries…
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Newcastle Police and Citizens Boys Club decided last night to rearrange the layout of the club rooms at the Civic Wintergarden…
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The hearing was begun before Judge Nield at Newcastle District Court yesterday of the case in which Frederick Ash Pty. Ltd., Newcastle, sued Albert…
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YOUTH FOR TRIAL.—The police proceeded with four of six charges against Noel Edgar Brown, 18, labourer, married, on ball. Allegations were that…
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Robert Shaw, of Albert Street, Speers Point, has reported that his home was broken into and the following property stolen: A…
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A verdict, with costs, was returned in favour of the defendant by Judge Nield yesterday at Newcastle District Court in the part-heard case in which…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—An adjournment was granted to-day in the hearing of an appeal by colliery proprietors against a decision of the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. D. V. Morrison) waving penalties for absenteeism…
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SIX MONTHS' GAOL.—Remanded for sentence on Tuesday, George Adum, 47. labourer, was sentenced to six months' gaol on a charge of having begged…
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SYDNEY: While he was remonstrating with a "skinny sheila" who was going through his trousers pockets, a "fat sheila" bashed…
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Newcastle police have not yet received any complaints about abuses of air-raid shelters in response to the appeal yesterday…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A soldier who is court-martialled for an offence and is sentenced to detention is usually placed in detention…
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MELBOURNE—When the General Court-martial which is hearing charges of murder against Private Joseph Leonski. 24. of the…
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PENSIONER FINED.—John Simpson, 70 pensioner, was fined £1 for having used indecent language, and a similar penalty for having behaved indecently…
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SYDNEY: Claiming in the Central Criminal Court to-day that part of the evidence of William Francis Surridge, 41, aliened…
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SYDNEY.—"My experience over many years is that, in the main, the Police Force has always appeared to me to be not only…
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LONDON, Thursday (AAP): Two young members of the Army Denial Corps, growing restless in a non-combatant unit, decided to carry out a commando raid of their own…
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